Most common English/Anglicised name (e.g. George III; Prince William (not William, Duke of Cumberland); Sophie (neither Princess Edward nor Princess Sophie); Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (rather than Queen Elizabeth); Prince William (rather than Prince William of Wales) etc.)

title =

Principal substantive title(s) in use (e.g. King of England; prev. Duke of Edinburgh) (omit this field if any one "succession(X)" field would be identical to it)

titletext =

An explanatory note about "title", already in <small>s — such as a link to full titles (dependent upon "title")

more =

Automatically-generated alternative to "titletext"; only appears if "titletext" is undefined/empty and "realm" is defined

austria

belgium

britain

china

cyprus

denmark

en-sco

england

ethiopia

france

hre

hungary

italy

jerusalem

luxembourg

malaysia

monaco

netherlands

norway

parma

portugal

russia

scotland

sicilies

spain-crown

spain-heir

sweden

image =

i.e. X.jpg, that is to say no [[Image:

image_size =

Size to display image: 200px (set width), x300px (set height), or 200x300px (max width & max height). This defaults to frameless (default is 220px, but logged in users can change this by clicking on "my preferences" and adjusting thumbnail size) if empty or omitted. This parameter should not normally need to be set.

Primary substantive hereditary title (regarding the following fields, "reign" 'til "suc-type"; omit the "title" field if the two would be identical)

moretext =

An explanatory note about the "succession", already in <small>s — such as a link to full titles (dependent upon "succession")

reign =

D Month YYYY – D Month YYYY (or other appropriate format per MOS:DATE#Dates; for monarchs and their consorts (although dates may differ between the two))

reign-type =

Optional alternative text for 'Reign' (dependent upon "reign")

coronation =

D Month YYYY (or other appropriate format per MOS:DATE#Dates; for monarchs and their consorts)

cor-type =

Optional alternative text for 'Coronation', such as 'Investiture' (dependent upon "coronation"). Automatically links to country-specific article if one of the following values is entered:

britain

france

hre

hungary

japan

malaysia

norway

ottoman

poland

russia

predecessor =

For use in succession whose titles are entirely and directly hereditary. Link should be piped as appropriate — when it is reasonably clear that the person in context is a (e.g.) King of Scots, he may be linked as "James II" rather than "James II of Scotland".

"succession" to "suc-type" repeated as "successionX" to "suc-typeX" for 1–3

spouse fields

consort =

yes, if the subject is the consort of any monarch — effects "reign"

no, which is the default if the field is omitted

spouse =

Husbands/wives only; listed by most common name/title, in chronological order, with line breaks (<br />), and dates if needed, e.g. (m. 2004; div. 2006; dec. 2007; wid. 2008). Break dates onto a new line if more visually appropriate

spouse-type =

Optional alternative text for 'Spouse' (no plurals needed)

repeated as "spouseX" and "spouseX-type" for 1–4

issue =

Descending in order of birth, separated by line breaks (<br />); listed by name and highest shorthand title (e.g. Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex), no need for preceding styles (e.g. HM). Individuals without articles and/or who died as infants may be omitted from the list on an arbitrary basis. See also note for 'predecessor'.

issue-link =

Creates small link to a section in the article for further details on offspring (dependent upon "issue")

issue-pipe =

Changes the output text of the above link (dependent upon "issue-link")

full name =

English/Anglicised full legal non-titular name (current/most recent), with maiden name '(née Whatever)' and translation in their native/official tongue(s) on a new line (each) underneath (use a ''{{lang-XX|}}'' Multilingual support template)

The Houses, Dynasties, or Families to which the subject belonged/s (by birth, marriage or otherwise), listed chronologically first to last, with line breaks (e.g. House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]<br />[[House of Windsor]) (formerly called "house name" and listed last to first — it is strongly recommended that, for clarity, (by birth/marriage) or similar be included after each House's link)

house-type =

Optional alternative text for 'Royal house', such as 'Dynasty' or 'Family' (dependent upon "house")

father =

Most common shorthand title, no need for preceding styles (e.g. HM). May include multiple individuals, such as (Biological), (Adoptive) or (Hanai). See also note for 'predecessor'.

The wikilinks of substantive peers (or those in another kind of numbered succession) should always show that number (eg Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall rather than Richard, Earl of Cornwall), unless other conventions say otherwise (such as that one should always see Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, never Prince Edward, 2nd Duke of Kent). Generally, use the article's title, omitting surplus fore- and surnames or disambiguation.

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book or database. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Primary substantive hereditary title (regarding the following fields, 'reign' 'til 'suc-type'; omit the 'title' field if the two would be identical)

Default

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

string

optional

moretext

moretext

An explanatory note about the 'succession', already in s — such as a link to full titles (dependent upon 'succession')

Default

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

string

optional

Reign

reign

D Month YYYY – D Month YYYY (or other appropriate format per MOS:DATE#Dates; for monarchs and their consorts (although dates may differ between the two))

Default

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

string

optional

Reign-type

reign-type

Optional alternative text for 'Reign' (dependent upon 'reign')

Default

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

string

optional

_empty_

Default

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

string

optional

Coronation

coronation

D Month YYYY (or other appropriate format per MOS:DATE#Dates; for monarchs and their consorts)

Default

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

string

optional

Coronation-type

cor-type

Optional alternative text for 'Coronation', such as 'Investiture' (dependent upon 'coronation'). Automatically links to country-specific article if one of the following values is entered:britain,france,hre,hungary,japan,malaysia,norway,ottoman,poland,russia.

Default

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

string

optional

Predecessor

predecessor

For use in succession whose titles are entirely and directly hereditary. Link should be piped as appropriate — when it is reasonably clear that the person in context is a (e.g.) King of Scots, he may be linked as 'James II' rather than 'James II of Scotland'.

yes, if the subject is the consort of any monarch — effects 'reign' no, which is the default if the field is omitted

Default

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

string

optional

Spouse

spouse

Husbands/wives only; listed by most common name/title, in chronological order, with line breaks (
), and dates if needed, e.g. (m. 2004; div. 2006; dec. 2007; wid. 2008). Break dates onto a new line if more visually appropriate.

Default

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

string

optional

Spouse-type

spouse-type

Optional alternative text for 'Spouse' (no plurals needed).

Default

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

string

optional

Issue

issue

Descending in order of birth, separated by line breaks (
); listed by name and highest shorthand title (e.g. Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex), no need for preceding styles (e.g. HM). Individuals without articles and/or who died as infants may be omitted from the list on an arbitrary basis. See also note for 'predecessor'.

Default

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

string

optional

Issue-link

issue-link

Creates small link to a section in the article for further details on offspring (dependent upon 'issue')

Default

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

string

optional

Issue-pipe

issue-pipe

Changes the output text of the above link (dependent upon 'issue-link')

Default

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

string

optional

Full name

full name

English/Anglicised full legal non-titular name (current/most recent), with maiden name '(née Whatever)' and translation in their native/official tongue(s) on a new line (each) underneath (use a ''{{lang-XX|}}'' Multilingual support template)

The Houses, Dynasties, or Families to which the subject belonged/s (by birth, marriage or otherwise), listed chronologically first to last, with line breaks (e.g. House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]
[[House of Windsor]) (formerly called 'house name' and listed last to first — it is strongly recommended that, for clarity, (by birth/marriage) or similar be included after each House's link)

Default

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

string

optional

House-type

house-type

Optional alternative text for 'Royal house', such as 'Dynasty' or 'Family' (dependent upon 'house')

Default

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

string

optional

Father

father

Most common shorthand title, no need for preceding styles (e.g. HM). May include multiple individuals, such as (Biological), (Adoptive) or (Hanai). See also note for 'predecessor'.

Default

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

string

optional

Mother

mother

As 'father', m.m.

Default

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

string

optional

Birth name

birth_name

If different from name or full name.

Default

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

string

optional

Birth date

birth_date

for dead persons, {{birth date|yyyy|mm|dd|df=yes}} (m.m. per MOS:DATE#Dates and Template:Birth date), for living persons aged 3 years or over, {{birth date and age|yyyy|mm|dd|df=yes}} (m.m. per MOS:DATE#Dates and Template:Birth date and age), for living persons up to 3 years old, {{birth date|yyyy|mm|dd|df=yes}} (age {{age for infant|abbr=yes|yyyy|mm|dd|df=yes}}) (m.m. per MOS:DATE#Dates, Template:Birth date and Template:Age for infant).

Default

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

string

optional

Birth place

birth_place

Residence, Town/City/County/Region/Country (although almost invariably Country is obvious) HOWEVER, TAKE CARE TO AVOID FLAGCRUFT (dependent upon 'date of birth')

Default

Example

empty

Auto value

empty

string

optional

Death date

death_date

for those who died aged 3 years old or over, {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|yyyy|mm|dd|df=yes}} (dd/mm/yyyy being DoB; m.m. per MOS:DATE#Dates and Template:Death date and age), for those who died aged under 3 years old, {{death date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes}} (aged {{age for infant|abbr=yes|yyyy|mm|dd|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes}}) (dd/mm/yyyy being DoB; m.m. per MOS:DATE#Dates, Template:Death date and Template:age for infant)